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Tuesday, 11 June 2013

“King of the world Thou art poor; Happiness is with the Servant for Sure”

“It is true that wealth and luxuries make you glad; however,
there is no use of this momentary gladness. One can be contented perpetually
merely by giving happiness to others. One can gain serenity by bringing a
modest smile on gloomy face one can experience showers of blessings by
satisfying a starving stomach. One can attain triumph on sorrow just by tending
a wound; Sheathing a stripped or simply by doing little to add joy to this
mourning world by serving unconditionally- not the ones who can repay you- will
craft you as the most happiest person on this soil.”

I found this note on a sheet of paper when I was cleaning my
treasure boxes on Sunday. I wrote it when I was in School class 8; I remember
we were learning Be-attitudes in our religion class which made me elaborate
this. But while reading it now I found something missing in it. Perhaps
something that I experienced over the years or I learnt in the association of
Vaishnavas.

Everything mentioned are act of goodness, we can always do
them, it’s better than being rude and selfish. But how long can we feed someone
and how many? How many clothes can we provide, how much sorrow can ‘We’ take
away. My Guru Maharaj often quotes Mother Teressa in his lectures “The world is hungry, not the hunger of
belly but hunger of heart. The world is hungry for Love and only God’s Love can
satisfy.”

It’s just so real; we can make wonders when we simply become
instruments in the hands of God and let him use us as he wants. Feed the hungry
with God’s Love, cover the timid people with the protection of god’s promises,
bring them joy; eternal happiness by teaching them the art of Loving God, of
Trusting and Depending on Him. Only that can bring them complete Peace.
“Perfect Happiness”.

Sunday, 9 June 2013

I was attracted by a beautiful
girl, who seemed to be my Samaritan and I felt that she could be my best
friend. She was very pretty and talked very pleasingly, this illusion ended
when I discovered she was a terrorist disguised, her intention was not to
physically harm me, but she would not let me speak to anyone, not make any
phone call or send any message. I was kind of home arrested by her. I tried to
lock her in and escape but she caught me. I called the police they seemed least
bothered and said they would come the next day to arrest her. She was laughing
at me, in anger I tried to chop her with a knife and I kept stabbing her, but
she won’t die. I chopped off her leg and made scars all over her body but she
still laughed at me looking even more ferocious. I called some butchers to take
and just cut her off into pieces because there was no way to destroy her, she
escaped them and jumped into a pool pretending to be dead, but just when I
relaxed she came back and called for me in a very grave and scary voice. I woke
up pale and panting my breath out. It was a scary dream.

It was 4 in the morning; I got
fresh and sat for my rounds of japa. I was still terrified with the dream I
sincerely prayed to Narsimha Dev to cast away my fear and soon I realized, “Wasn’t
that beautiful lady a personification of my FALSE-EGO?”

Our False-ego also appears very
pleasing and attractive, but soon it starts taking us away from our loved ones,
it doesn’t allow us to speak to them, apologize to them and care for their
feelings. It keeps us arrested within ourselves. We cannot lock it; it catches
us. When someone tries to hurt it, it gets even more ferocious. No one else can
help us get rid of us just like the policemen who were least bothered or even
the butchers who failed to catch her. And when we think we are free of it and
get careless it comes again terrifying us calling for us and petrifying us.

This made me worried, how can we
be free of this false-ego. The answer to it was “Wake-up” it is a dream, “False”-Ego,
it is only an illusion. We need to pray to Narsimha Dev, take complete shelter
of the Holy-names; only then shall we be free of this False-Ego, only then
shall we be able to overcome it. And accept the reality the only truth “ayi nanda tanuja kinkaram”(sikshastakam
verse-5), that ‘I am the eternal servant of the beautiful son of Nanda Maharaj.’